Anisotropic fiber Bragg gratings inscribed by high-intensity femtosecond-UV pulses: Manufacturing technology and strain characterization for sensing applications

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1256-1263

  O'Byrne, Ronan P ^a   Sergeyev, Sergey V ^a   Flavin, Dónal A ^d   Slattery, Stephen A ^b   Nikogosyan, David N ^b   Jones, Julian D C ^c  

^a Ireland   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^c HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Birefringence; Optical fiber applications; Strain measurement

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BRAGG GRATINGS; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; FIBER OPTICS;

ANISOTROPIC FIBERS; APPLIED STRAIN; FEMTO SECONDS; HIGH SPEEDS; MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGIES; SENSING APPLICATIONS; STRAIN CHARACTERIZATION; STRAIN RESPONSES;

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS;

EID: 47849125309     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2008.926919     Document Type: Conference Paper

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